12/13/2023

Negotiations in Ohio Legislature Continue Over Changes to Issue 2

Lawmakers keep changing Ohio's recreational marijuana law

With the year winding down for the Ohio General Assembly, lawmakers are still working to make changes to the law voters passed in November making recreational marijuana legal in Ohio. Their work could carry over into next year after the holiday break.

The Issue 2 law, as voters passed it, took effect Dec. 7. So, recreational marijuana is legal, but there is no place to buy it.

As the House Finance Committee hears more testimony this week on House Bill 354 that would make changes to the Issue 2 law, lawmakers in both parties and both chambers negotiate how the new law should be fully implemented.

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